A fast downloader for streaming media.
maguro is no longer under development. It started as a simple proof-of-concept that I didn't have much time to dedicate to, and now that YouTube's undocumented APIs have changed, it likely no longer works.
$ # Check which streams are available (in no particular order).
$ maguro -F VfWgE7D1pYY
Displaying available formats for video ID VfWgE7D1pYY:
itag: 018 Quality: medium Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2"
itag: 022 Quality: hd720 Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2"
itag: 137 Quality: hd1080 Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.640028"
itag: 248 Quality: hd1080 Mime Type: video/webm; codecs="vp9"
itag: 136 Quality: hd720 Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d401f"
itag: 247 Quality: hd720 Mime Type: video/webm; codecs="vp9"
itag: 135 Quality: large Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d401f"
itag: 244 Quality: large Mime Type: video/webm; codecs="vp9"
itag: 134 Quality: medium Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d401e"
itag: 243 Quality: medium Mime Type: video/webm; codecs="vp9"
itag: 133 Quality: small Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d4015"
itag: 242 Quality: small Mime Type: video/webm; codecs="vp9"
itag: 160 Quality: tiny Mime Type: video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d400c"
itag: 278 Quality: tiny Mime Type: video/webm; codecs="vp9"
itag: 140 Quality: tiny Mime Type: audio/mp4; codecs="mp4a.40.2"
itag: 251 Quality: tiny Mime Type: audio/webm; codecs="opus"
$ # Choose a stream to download, and specify the output.
$ maguro -o mp4 -f 133 VfWgE7D1pYY
Starting download of VfWgE7D1pYY...
Completed download of video VfWgE7D1pYY.
$ # The more -v's, the more verbose your output.
$ maguro -vvv -o mp4 VfWgE7D1pYY
maguro also exposes a library for use in other applications. It is fully-asynchronous, and is (hopefully) intuitive and easy to use. Examples are available in the examples folder.
This software is created with the purpose of downloading videos with express permission from their creator(s). The creator of this software is not responsible for whether this software is used to download copyrighted YouTube videos.